Gov. Christie: "I have not had any conversation with bridget Kelly" since the email came out.

by CNN's Ashley Killough1/9/2014 4:42:39 PM

Christie says he has not had a conversation with Bridget Anne Kelly, his deputy chief of staff that he fired this morning, since the emails came out Wednesday. He says she has not been given an opportunity to give her explanation. Christie says quite frankly he's not interested in hearing it.

"I found this out at 8:50 yesterday morning. By 9 this morning, Bridge Kelly was fired. By 7 yesterday evening, Bill Stepien was asked to leave this organization," Christie says. "That's pretty swift."

Read the emails behind the controversy:Emails raise questions about political retribution in Christie controversyIn private emails obtained by CNN and other news organizations, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's deputy chief of staff communicates with top Port Authority officials in what appears to be an effort at political retribution against the mayor of Fort Lee for not endorsing the governor's reelection effort.

CNN Crossfire Host S.E. Cupp, a Republican, said this scandal doesn’t create a new narrative about Christie because, “he has already cemented a narrative as being something of a bully.”

“If this was happening in his administration, I don’t think it would be shocking,” she said. “I think, in the end, not the lane closures, the lying about it. If it turns out that he is lying about what he knew or whether he ordered it, that is going to be the worst, the most damaging. Because his authenticity is his calling card and that will call that into question.”